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MESA, Arizona — I attended the Mesa Solar Sox game Sunday at Sloan Park. Like most AFL games, many attendees were family members of friends of the players and scouts. There were a few of us there who were just plain ol’ baseball fans wanting to get more of the sport after the World Series […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | 4 months ago | 2 reads
Shohei Ohtani is amazing. For years, I refused to see the light. I didn’t care that he hit and he pitched. I thought that his value was diminished because he didn’t play in the field four out of every five games. Wrongly, I believed he should be docked points, or value, or acclaim, because he […]
From Royals Review | 4 months ago | 3 reads
Drew Smith, the longtime Mets reliever who signed a $1m contract for the 2025 season with a $2m club option for 2026, is set to be a free agent after the Mets declined the option, the team announced today. Smith, who is now 32, has been in the organization since 2017, when he was acquired […]
From Amazin' Avenue | 4 months ago | 8 reads
The Carolina Hurricanes (7-4-0) are in the “Big Apple” to do battle with the New York Rangers (6-5-2) on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. Game time is 7 p.m. These two teams seem to be on opposite paths as the Rangers have won three straight after a slow start where the Canes have lost […]
From Canes Country | 4 months ago | 7 reads
There are a couple fresh sets of MLB free agent contract projections out at The Athletic and at Baseball America , which can help continue the process of level-setting expectations. There are loads of these projections each offseason, and they are each far from perfect. But the more you see, the better sense you can get for the range of expectations in the industry on price tags. You take that, massage it with your own understand of comps and future player projections, and typically you wind u...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 4 months ago | 3 reads
2025 was year-four of Kevin Gausman’s fourth year of his five year contract. In his first three seasons, he had a 38-30 record and a 7.4 BWar, in 93 starts, with a 3.45 ERA. 2024 was a step down from the other two, so we were interested in how 2025 would go. Was he aging? […]
From Bluebird Banter | 4 months ago | 2 reads
The San Francisco 49ers corrected their path after a loss in Houston in Week 8 with a dominating 34-24 win in New York over the Giants. But the victory did not come without its shortcomings, as the defensive line suffered another significant injury, further hampering the position group. But other than the MetLife turf monster […]
From Niners Nation | 4 months ago | 7 reads
The Dallas Cowboys just can’t beat the Arizona Cardinals. Even when the Cardinals are having a rough year, the Cowboys can’t seem to figure them out, as they have now lost four straight to those redbirds. Monday night’s 27-17 loss marks the first time this season the Cowboys have lost two in a row, suffering […]
From Blogging The Boys | 4 months ago | 2 reads
With the 2025 Texas Rangers season having come to an end, we shall be, over the course of the offseason, taking a look at every player who appeared in a major league game for the Texas Rangers in 2025. Today we are looking at Jake Burger. Jake Burger’s 2025 season was kind of a mess. […]
From Lone Star Ball | 4 months ago | 8 reads
On paper, the Mets adding Ryan Helsley to serve as Edwin Díaz’s set up man down the stretch was an appropriately aggressive idea. The club acquired the All Star closer in exchange for Jesus Baez (their No. 8 prospect at the time, according to MLB Pipeline), RHP Nate Dohm (their No. 14), and RHP Frank […]
From Amazin' Avenue | 4 months ago | 5 reads
The Los Angeles Dodgers held their World Series parade yesterday, and while it’s healthier to ignore what’s going on with other teams, it’s easier said than done as a Giants fan. Despite what some really ignorant and angry people will tell you, the Dodgers winning the last two World Series won’t be the worst thing […]
From McCovey Chronicles | 4 months ago | 12 reads
2025 In A Discarded-On-The-Dugout-Floor Nutshell Hunter Dobbins debuted earlier than just about everyone expected and was a pleasant surprise. Unfortunately, injuries cut his season short. The Good According to Baseball Savant, Dobbins threw six different pitches. I’ll ignore his sinker, because there are only 13 of them, and they’re close enough to his splitter to […]
From Over the Monster | 4 months ago | 4 reads
The NFC West is the place to be. All four teams won last week in pretty decisive fashion, continuing their claim as the best division in football right now. Furthermore, the Seattle Seahawks have consecutive division rivalry games coming up. On deck: the recently-interesting Arizona Cardinals! After dismantling the Dallas Cowboys 27-17 on the road, […]
From Field Gulls | 4 months ago | 3 reads
Brett de Geus certainly gets around. Since being drafted in 2017, Brett de Geus has spent time with nine different organizations, including two stints with the Miami Marlins. He started the year with the Blue Jays (who had claimed him off waivers in September), but they sold him to the Pirates, with whom he opened […]
From The Good Phight | 4 months ago | 5 reads
We’ve reached NFL trade deadline week, which is not nearly as eventful as say, the NBA, NHL, or MLB trade deadlines, but we could still see some activity from now until Tuesday’s deadline. For the second year in a row, the trade deadline is during Week 10. The Seattle Seahawks have historically been a team […]
From Field Gulls | 4 months ago | 8 reads
There are two things that are pretty paramount for making a sports team something you’ll go out of your way to watch, and the first is obvious: You’ve got to win games. Winning is enjoyable. It’s satisfying. It’s engaging to see the team whose logo you wear on your hat score more points before the […]
From Red Reporter | 4 months ago | 12 reads
More than a week after the Orioles announced their new manager, today is finally the day where they’re having a public press conference with Craig Albernaz. The local reporters will get their chances to ask questions starting at 11am Eastern, or whenever the thing actually begins shortly afterwards. I’ll be doing my best to transcribe […]
From Camden Chat | 4 months ago | 3 reads
1959 White Sox pitching standout and central Black Sox World Series fixer Lefty Williams died in Laguna Beach, Calif. Williams had just six games under his belt (1913-14) with the Detroit Tigers when the White Sox bought him out of the Pacific Coast League, where he’d spent 1915 killing it with the Salt Lake City […]
From South Side Sox | 4 months ago | 7 reads
If this were 20 years ago, this review would be simple. Thirty homeruns and over a hundred RBIs? That’s an A; thanks for reading. But, well, it’s not 20 years ago, so we can – and should – dig into things a little bit deeper. First, let’s check the WAR numbers. WAR isn’t the be-all, […]
From Royals Review | 4 months ago | 6 reads
It will come as no surprise to A’s Nation readers that the Athletics have two of the the three finalists for the Jackie Robinson American League Rookie-of-the-Year Award. On Monday night, MLB announced that Nick Kurtz and Jacob Wilson are both finalists for this year’s award. They are joined by Boston Red Sox outfielder Roman […]
From Athletics Nation | 4 months ago | 14 reads
Last week I did a deeper dive on Missouri’s offense through four games. You can find it here. This week we do the same for the defense. Here we go! Let’s start with the big reveal: Missouri’s defense actually got BETTER after the last three games than the previous five-game sample set! They went from 11th […]
From Rock M Nation | 4 months ago | 0 reads
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From Lookout Landing | 4 months ago | 4 reads
Cade Cavalli’s return to the big leagues has been well documented by now, both by us and by the media. To recap, after making his big league debut in August 2022, Cavalli would be shut down for the year with a shoulder injury, followed by tearing his UCL in Spring Training of 2023, costing him […]
From Federal Baseball | 4 months ago | 5 reads
The fourth week of the Arizona Fall League is now in the books! As a reminder, the Yankees’ representatives this year for the Mesa Solar Sox (11-11) are Bryce Cunningham, Cade Smith, Brady Kirtner, Coby Morales, Hueston Morrill, Manuel Palencia, Adam Stone, and Enmanuel Tejeda. Here’s how they performed in their fourth week in the desert: October […]
From Pinstripe Alley | 4 months ago | 4 reads
Welcome to the 2025 edition of Ranking the Rockies, where we take a look back at every player to log playing time for the Rockies in 2025. The purpose of this list is to provide a snapshot of the player in context. The “Ranking” is an organizing principle that’s drawn from Baseball Reference’s WAR (rWAR). […]
From Purple Row | 4 months ago | 5 reads